Periodic
Table
|
Arsenic
|
Symbol
|
As
|
|
Atomic
Number
|
33
|
Relative
Atomic
Mass
12C
=
12.0000
|
74.921
60
(±2)
[Since
1995]
|
|
Atomic
Radius
pm
|
121
|
First
Ionisation
Energy
kJ
mol
-1
|
947.0
|
|
Ionisation
Energy
(eV)
|
9.7886
|
|
Electronegativity
|
2.18
|
Density
kg
m
-3
|
5780
(±)
4700
(²)
[293
K]
|
Molar
Volume
cm
3
|
12.95
(±)
15.9
(²)
|
Thermal
Conductivity
W
m
-1
K
-1
|
50.0
(±)
[300
K]
|
|
Melting
Point
K
|
1090
(±,
under
pressure)
|
|
Boiling
Point
K
|
889
(sublimes)
|
|
Number
of
Isotopes
|
22
|
|
Isotope
Atomic
mass/u
Mole
fraction
|
75As
74.921
5966(18)
1.0000
|
|
Inner
+
outer
Shells
|
|
|
Inner
+
outer
Orbitals
|
|
|
Filling
Orbital
|
|
Ground
State
Electron
Configuration
|
|
Ground
State
Electron
Configuration
with
free
Orbitals (n=3)
|
|
Ground
State
Electron
Configuration
with
compressed
Orbitals (n=24)
|
|
|
|
|
Singularity
|
|
|
|
|
|
s
|
p
|
d
|
f
|
g
|
h
|
i
|
j
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Term
Symbol
|
4S
3/2
|
|
Discovery
|
The
German
scientist
and
philosopher,
Albert
von
Bollstadt
[1193
-
1280]
(Albert
the
Great/
Albertus
Magnus
)
is
thought
to
have
obtained
the
metal
around
1250.
|
|
Name
Derived
From
|
The
name
derives
from
the
Latin
arsenicium
and
the
Greek
arsenikos
for
"masculine
or
male"
because
the
ancients
thought
that
metals
were
different
sexes.
It
was
known
in
prehistoric
times
for
its
poisonous
sulfides.
Greek
arsenikon
meaning
'yellow
orpiment'
|
|